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Using Your Fundraising CRM Software to Its Full Potential

Blackbaud

Optimizing the use of our fundraising CRM gives us room to take on new projects and adopt new features without a daily struggle against our own databases. Over the long term, optimizing how you use your CRM will help you achieve more of your objectives. Could you have more accurate data fields?

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5 CRM Tech Trends to Shape the Future of Your Enterprise Organization

Blackbaud

To make faster and more intelligent business decisions, close to 70% of organizations plan to continue or increase their investments in CRM technology in the coming year, according to Kate Leggett, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester. She is a leading expert on CRM strategy, maturity, benchmarking, and return on investment.

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Get Your Grant-Funded Nonprofit Started in Fundraising

Blackbaud

Here are a few other skills for fundraising that can transfer from a grants-based approach or can be acquired with minimal training: Technology proficiency: It helps to have (or to prioritize learning) basic skills with database management or, as it is often called in fundraising, constituent relationship management ( CRM ) systems.

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Grant Writing Tips for Nonprofits: What You Need to Know

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

If your organization relies partially or heavily on grant funding to stay in business, reevaluate your grant writing and management approach to ensure more of your proposals are accepted. Customize your proposals to each funder. Building capacity by hiring more staff or investing in fundraising software.

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Grant Tracking: 3 Ways Your Nonprofit CRM Can Help

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

While potentially a bit biased, I thought their tips regarding how your CRM can help with your grant seeking were right on point. It’s a great reminder that the CRM system you use has the potential to support all elements of the Grant LIfe Cycle: Readiness, Research, Relationships, writing, and Reporting. Segmentation.

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4 Nonprofit Financial Management Challenges (& Solutions)

Get Fully Funded

Also, DNL OmniMedias nonprofit digital strategy guide recommends regularly auditing your organizations fundraising tech stack to ensure you arent paying subscription costs for software you dont use or that has overlapping functionalities with your other tools (e.g., if you pay for a separate donation processor when your CRM has one built in).

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Top 4 Donor Prospect Research Tips Leading to Bigger Gifts

Blackbaud

But learning how to master gift capacity will help your team know how to best approach a prospect and draw up accurate, thoughtful proposals. Trust your software to do some of the work for you. Use data-driven software to sketch out your prospect’s basic details, and tap into predictive AI tools to evaluate and qualify donors.

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